Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Western Trailer Company

5DN114822JB001078 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenJan 4, 2024
CO
Last seenJan 24, 2026
UT
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 24 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN114822JB001078
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 9, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
5DN

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
11482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
001078

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Prefix basis · 374 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 374 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Western Trailer Company

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Trailer

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jan 4, 2024 – Jan 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 24, 2026UTIII · Driver-only2LEE COMMODITY TRANSPORT LLC 28602365277TJ/ID
Apr 2, 2025COIII · Driver-only1AMBROSE TRUCKING LLC 17101175277TJ/ID
Jan 4, 2024COII · Walk-around2BITTERSWEET EXPRESS LLC 41109505277TJ/ID
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LEE COMMODITY TRANSPORT LLC2860236Jan 24, 2026Jan 24, 20261ID
AMBROSE TRUCKING LLC1710117Apr 2, 2025Apr 2, 20251ID
BITTERSWEET EXPRESS LLC4110950Jan 4, 2024Jan 4, 20241ID
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
5277TJIDLEE COMMODITY TRANSPORT LLCJan 24, 2026Jan 24, 20261
5277TJIDAMBROSE TRUCKING LLCApr 2, 2025Apr 2, 20251
5277TJIDBITTERSWEET EXPRESS LLCJan 4, 2024Jan 4, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026